Wes Welker ranks in the all-time elite tier for receivers — a career that places Welker in the top 5% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Welker a career score of 77, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Streaks3 straight · 1,000 receiving yards · 2007–09

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Wes Welker

Top 4% all-time WRsIron Legend📉 Fades · -10% playoffs 📈 Late Developer · 2011Two-Way Profile

Height5'9"

Career Value · VORP

234 career value over replacement — #268 all-time of 4,695. 21.3/season above a replacement-level WR.

Career Profile

Led league 2×11 top-10

💔+23.4 stolen VORP·1.1 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.

4 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Receiving									Rushing								Snap Counts						Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2005	24	MIA	14	—	29	29	434	0	100.0%	15.0	15.0	—	20	1	5	0	5.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	25	MIA	16	—	67	67	687	1	100.0%	10.3	10.3	—	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	26	NE	16	—	112	112	1,175	8	100.0%	10.5	10.5	—	64	4	34	0	8.5	0.0	1	25.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	27	NE	16	—	113	111	1,165	3	98.2%	10.5	10.3	—	57	2	26	0	13.0	0.0	1	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	28	NE	14	—	162	123	1,348	4	75.9%	11.0	8.3	—	71	5	36	0	7.2	0.0	3	60.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2010	29	NE	15	—	123	86	848	7	69.9%	9.9	6.9	—	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	30	NE	16	—	173	122	1,569	9	70.5%	12.9	9.1	—	77	4	30	0	7.5	0.0	2	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	31	NE	16	—	175	118	1,354	6	67.4%	11.5	7.7	—	72	2	20	0	10.0	0.0	2	100.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2013	32	DEN	13	—	111	73	778	10	65.8%	10.7	7.0	—	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	770	76.8%	—	0.0%	16	3.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	33	DEN	14	—	64	49	464	2	76.6%	9.5	7.3	—	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	744	73.9%	—	0.0%	19	4.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	34	LA / STL	15	—	22	13	102	0	59.1%	7.8	4.6	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	104	21.1%	—	0.0%	10	4.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	165	—	1,151	903	9,924	50	78.5%	11.0	8.6	—	519	18	151	0	8.4	0.0	9	50.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

29thReceptions·903 55thReceiving Yards·9,924 yds

Postseason all-time ranks

8thPlayoff Receptions·88 24thPlayoff Receiving Yards·866 yds

Archetype Intelligence

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An all-time caliber wide receiver (top 5% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 234 · #268 · Elite

Worth 234 points of value above a freely-available replacement receiver — top 7% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 10 of 11 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +23.4 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

10 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+23.4

Avg surplus

peak +42

10 seasons × ~23.4 surplus ≈